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Abbreviations and their meanings

Some are from: "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists" 7th Ed
by Frederick Lewis Weis

aas. - died in the year of his/her age 'anno aetitis suae'
Adm. - admitted
ae., aet. - aged
aft. - after
als. - alias
ante - before; by
app. or appt. - apparently
b. - born
bap., bapt. - baptized
bef. - before
betw. - between
bur. - buried
ca. - about 'circa'
Cal. - Calendar
cf. - compare
cit. - the work cited 'citato'
Co. or co. - county
coh. - co-heir
Coll. - College
cr. - created - as a peer
d. - died
d.c.c - writ of diem clausit extremum 'he has closed his last day'
d.s.p. - died without issue 'decessit sine prole '
d.s.p.l. - died without legitimate issue 'decessit sine prole legitima''
d.s.p.m. - died with male issue
d.s.p.m.s. - died without surviving male issue 'decessit sine prole mascula supersita'
d.v.p. - died during father's lifetime 'vita patris'
d.y. - died young
dau. - daughter
dea. - deacon
disp. - dispensation
div. - divorced
d. unm. - died unmarried
dtd. - dated
d.v.p. - Died in the lifetime of his father 'decessit vita patris
d.v.m. - died in the lifetime of his mother 'decessit vita matris'
et al - and other 'et alia'
ff. - following
fl. - flourished or living -only approximate date known-
frm - freeman, a voter in a colony the date following is the date he was admitted.
gen(s) - generation(s)
gent. - gentleman
gr. - granted
GS - gravestone
h. - heir/heiress
H.C. - Harvard College
husb. - husband
i. - issue
inst. - present month 'instans'
I.P.M.; Inq.p.m. - An inquest held to determine the deceased's land holding. -Inquisition post mortem, usually dated by "regnal year", which is expressed, as an example: 3 Hen. 4: 3 Hen IV - Third year of the reign of Henry IV)- many old dates are given in this manner, particularly those of the Inq.p.m.
ibid. - the same
J.P. - Justice of the Peace
j.u. - jure uxoris, right of wife
k. - killed
K.B. - Knight of the Bath
K.G. - Knight of the Garter
K.T. - Knight of the Thistle - Scotland
knt., kt. - knight
Liber - book or volume
lic. - license
liv. - living
loc. cit. - place cited
m. - married
m. (1); m. (2); m. (3) married first; married second; third, etc.
M.I. monumental inscription
M.P. - Member of Parliament
matric. - matriculated entered and recorded at college or university
ment. - mentioned
Mich. - Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael many old dates are given as of a Saint's feast day, or days preceding or following it.
ms. - manuscript
N., N.N. - name not known
nepos - grandson
n.i. - no issue
N.S. or n.s. - new series
nr. - near
nunc - nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness
ob. - he/she died obit, obituary
occ. - occurs
op. cit. - the work cited above 'opere citato'
p.; pp. - page; pages
P.C. - Privy Council
PCC - Prerogative Court of Canterbury
perh. - perhaps
pres. - presumed
pro. - probated or proved (will)
prob. - probably
psh. - parish
pub. - published
purch. - purchased
q.v. - quod vide, which see
ref(s) - reference(s)
regnal year - the date most often used in medieval documents referring to the number of the year of the reign of the monarch at the time the document was dated.
relic - widow/widower 'relicta/relictus'
Rot. - Roll; Rolls 'rotalus' A term used for many types of early records.
s. - son
s.p. - without issue - see d.s.p.
sett. - settled
sh. - shortly
sic. - so or thus, exact copy as written
suc. - succeeded
succ. - successively
summ. - summoned
suo juris - in his/her right
surv. - survived
testes - witnesses
ult. - late; last 'ultimo'
unkn. - unknown
ux or vs - wife 'uxor'
viz - namely
vol. - volume
wid. - widow
y. - young
yr. - younger
yr(s). - year(s)
yst. - youngest

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